Shining Days

1893-1899

Though you are in your shining days,

Voices among the crowd

And new friends busy with your praise,

Be not unkind or proud,

But think about old friends the most:

Time’s bitter flood will rise.

Your beauty perish and be lost

For all eyes but these eyes.

W. B. Yeats, ‘The Lover Pleads with his Friend for Old Friends’ (first published July 1897)

1893

Only a few letters are available as early as 1893, including one from Yeats in January and a couple shortly after from Maud Gonne, in connection with the new Irish libraries' scheme in which they were involved with Count Plunkett, C. H. Oldham and others. Maud was not able to fulfil all the engagements made for her as she was ill in Paris in January, but in February she lectured in Loughrea and New Ross. Her first letter also indicates their common interest in mysticism and visions.

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WBY 1 (fragment)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ???? [London]

[January 1893]

My dear ‘Scotia’1

I am trying to arrange the following set of lectures for you and am writing to all the places except Omagh which Plunkett undertakes and Cork for which a certain John O’Mahony2 will be responsible. The[re] will I think be no difficulty as we have been already applied to by all the places mentioned. At Cork between 20 & 27th of January, at Westport (Co Mayo) between 27th & 2nd Feb, at Castlerea (Roscommon) between 4th & 8th of Feb, Loughrea between 12th & 15th Feb. There is a meeting in Dublin on 17th February at which we hope you will speak & report progress. You will then go to New Ross & lecture between 20th Feb & Feb 25 & then go on to Listowel & [End of letter missing]

1.?? ‘Scotia’ was a name WBY used for MG in the early days of their friendship. See L (K), 341.

2.?? John O’Mahony (d. 1904), a journalist and later successful barrister, was a member of the National Literary Society and married Nora Tynan, sister of the poet Katharine Tynan, in 1895.

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閃光年華

1893-1899?

雖然你正當(dāng)閃光年華,

群眾和新交的嗓音

都忙于把你贊夸，

但不要薄情或驕矜，

而應(yīng)最多地想念舊友：

時(shí)光的苦澀洪水將泛起，

除了在這些眼里，在所有

眼里，你的美都將消失。

W.B.葉芝 戀人替舊友們懇求女友 （1897年7月第一次出版）（傅浩 譯）

1893

早至 1893 年 只能尋著幾封信件 一封葉芝一 月寫的 還有之后茅崗寫的幾封 同他們與普朗克特 ?C.H.奧爾德姆等人參與的新愛爾蘭圖書館計(jì)劃相關(guān) 由于 一月在巴黎生病 莫德無法完成所有為她安排的活動(dòng) 但二 月她在拉夫雷亞 ?新羅斯演講 她的第一封信還表明了他們都對(duì)神秘主義和幻視感興趣

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葉芝 1（殘稿）

我親愛的“斯科蒂阿”1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [倫敦]

[1893年一月]

我試著為你安排接下來的演講 除了普朗克特負(fù)責(zé)的奧馬和約翰奧馬霍尼負(fù)責(zé)的科克 我給其他地方都寫了信 ?我認(rèn)為不會(huì)有困難 因?yàn)樗刑岬降牡胤蕉家严蛭覀兲岢隽苏?qǐng)求 一月二十至二十七日在科克 二十七日至二月二日在西港（梅奧郡）二月四日至八日在卡斯?fàn)柪祝_斯康芒郡） 二月十二日至十五日在拉夫雷亞 二月十七日我們希望你能在都柏林的會(huì)議上講話&匯報(bào)進(jìn)度 然后你將前往新羅斯&二月二十日至二十五日演講&然后前往利斯托爾&[信件結(jié)尾缺失]

1.??“斯科蒂阿”是 葉芝在他們友誼初期對(duì)茅崗的稱呼。 見 L (K), 341。

2.?約翰奧馬霍尼（1904年去世）記者 后成為成功的律師 國(guó)家文學(xué)協(xié)會(huì)成員 1895年娶凱瑟琳泰南之妹諾拉泰南

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